“The Metropolis and Mental Life”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20066124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Putnam (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 37-45 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Urban Sociology Reader (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203103333-10 |
| OpenAlex | W2479621352 |
| ISBN | 9780203103333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 547 |
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. The fight with nature which primitive man has to wage for his bodily existence attains in this modern form its latest transformation. The eighteenth century called upon man to free him of all the historical bonds in the state and in religion, in morals and in economics. Man’s nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered. In addition to more liberty, the nineteenth century demanded the functional specialization of man and his work; this specialization makes one individual incomparable to another, and each of them indispensable to the highest possible extent. However, this specialization makes each man themetropolitan phenomena is shifted to that organ which is least sensitive and quite remote from the depth of the personality. Intellectuality is thus seen to preserve subjective life against the overwhelming power of metropolitan life, and intellectuality branches out in many directions and is integrated with numerous discrete phenomena
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| Unique citing works | 547 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,12 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2024 (59) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 162 |